Abstract
Background: Rapid decline in antibody-titres after BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine was reported; thus, a booster dose, and recently a second booster were approved. The study aims to discuss immunogenicity throughout the pandemic, especially after booster dose. Methods: A prospective study conducted in EMMS-Nazareth hospital, Israel. Anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody titres were monitored every 5 weeks starting from the vaccine’s second dose. To detect symptomatic and asymptomatic infections, nasopharyngeal swabs for COVID-19 PCR were obtained bi-weekly, and on suggestive symptoms. Third dose of the vaccine was suggested for all participants 5 months after the second one. A comparison was made between those who received three doses (booster-group), and those who were infected after having two doses (infection-group) or three doses (booster-infection) group. Results: One-hundred participants were included; 66 finished 14 months of follow-up, out of whom 40 received a third dose, 10 received only two doses—all were infected (mean time for infection 5 ± 12.15 weeks before the designated booster), and 12 received three doses and were infected. The mean titres of these three groups 7 months after the designated booster dose (regardless of receiving it) were 1756 ± 2279; 3483 ± 3016 and 6925 ± 3720 BAU/mL, respectively. The booster group had high titres 7 months after the booster dose, comparable to two months after the second dose (p =.69); The booster-infected group had even higher titres. Conclusion: Immunogenicity decline rate after the booster dose is slower than the second dose. Timing of second booster in general population is still to be determined; neutralizing-antibody titres might be helpful.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 828-831 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Infectious Diseases |
Volume | 54 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2022 Society for Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases.
Keywords
- Sars-COV-2
- Titre
- booster
- immunity
- immunogenicity
- vaccine